Live night Tuesday 6 March 2012

In the month of St. Patrick's Day, our session will be an Irish theme with an Irish singer and harpist, Irish dancers and 8 strong Wicklow Trad group:

Wicklow Trad  are top quality Irish traditional musicians. Their session will be a treat for     everyone, including trad fans. From the thump of the Bodhrán to the airy rasp of the wooden flute, traditional music is known by its instruments and will include fiddle, flute, tin whistles, Uilleann pipes and guitars.

Siobhan Doyle has won numerous awards for her singing in Feis Ceoil and Feis Maithiu including the Gold Medal for Soprano Solo. She has appeared in over 40 musicals and operettas and has performed in The Percy French Story throughout the country. Siobhan will be accompanied by harpist, Ann O’Dea.

Live Night Tuesday 7 February 2012 - A Spanish Flavour

Nathalie Moyano Gonzalez is a flamenco aficionado by heritage. She is co-founder and director of  Peña Flamenca El Indalo, which promotes flamenco in Ireland. The group runs the Dublin Flamenco School, and also organises the Dublin Flamenco Festival. The second edition of the festival will take place in October 2012.  
Nathalie will be joined by a Flamenco guitarist José de la María. José is originally from Málaga, moved to Dublin in 2011 and joined Peña Flamenca El Indalo.

http://www.flamencoindalo.com/

 

Leslie Dowdall is one of Ireland’s leading female vocalists and singer songwriters. She first came to prominence with In Tua Nua, who fused celtic tradition with rock. With Leslie as lead vocalist, In Tua Nua recorded four albums and, over a seven-year period, played and toured with bands including U2, Simple Minds, Bob Dylan, and The Pretenders.   

Leslie teaches performance and singing skills in her Education workshop project Songcraft. She will be joined on the night by a group of singer, Elle.

www.lesliedowdall.com

Eamon Sweeney was awarded the first musicology PhD to be accredited by DIT  Conservatory of Music and Drama. He has performed on stage, radio and TV both as a solo artist and with various ensembles including the National Symphony Orchestra and National Concert Orchestra. Eamon is also one half of the group Tonos  that specializes in a blend of Irish and European music from the 16^th to 18th centuries – mixing musical

flavours from the wider Traditional Irish, Celtic and Spanish Traditions. The Spanish word ‘tonos’ translates as ‘tone.’
http://www.tonos.ie/eamon-sweeney.html

Jane Clarke is a widely published poet who lives near Glenmalure in Co. Wicklow. She has won a number of prizes including Listowel Writers Week (2007) and the iYeats (2010). She writes contemplative, lyrical poems with evocative rural imagery and a strong sense of musicality and rhythm.

In keeping with our Spanish theme, Enrique Alda, a graduate in Translation and Interpreting from the University of Salamanca (Spain), will translate Jane’s poems into the wonderful Spanish language.   

www.janeclarkepoetry.ie

Space Inside Friends Draw

Congrats to Phil Lynch, winner of our €100 Friends Draw for December 2011

Open Mic Night Tues 3 January 2012

OPEN MIC NIGHT

It’s traditional that the first cession in the New Year is Open Mic Night so come and strut your stuff – be it singing, dancing, poetry or instrumental

With Special Guest  Mia Parsons

Mia Parsons is a singer whose voice has been described as being like 'chocolate'. A singer/songwriter, her deeply moving music spans jazz/funk and blues. A regular performer at festivals and other musical events, she has worked with many of the great Irish jazz musicians, including Richie, Hugh and Michael Buckley, Greg Felton, Myles, Paul and Anto Drennan, to mention a few.

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November 2011 Draw

Congrats to Liam Walsh, winner of our €100 Friends Draw

Live Night - Tuesday 6 December

Eilis Stanley

Eilis Stanley has been a published poet and prose writer for many years. She  lived in London, New York and San Francisco, before returning to Ireland in 2000. While in California, she wrote a weekly column for the local Irish newspaper.

Eilis was first published in 1987 for her contribution to “ Radical Reforms”. She has also written for a new Women's Ezine called Scarlet. A member of the Airfield Writers Group in Dublin, she won first prize at Listowel Writers Week (Short Poem Originals) 2010.

 

Quarantine Hill

Quarantine Hill has been evolving over several years. Starting out as Radiowaves in 2003, the band produced their debut album "Keep My Silence". The album received a good reaction, which exceeded their expectations. But changes within the group gave the band a fresh new look and sound, and it needed a fresh new name. So Quarantine Hill was born.

Their latest album, Quicksand was  launched in Wicklow Town in 2011. More recently, the band  recorded a track for the album 'Bands for Boats', a fundraiser for the RNLA Wicklow.

Mickey Lacey: Acoustic Guitar and Vocals.
Rob Rowden: Drums and Backing Vocals.
Luke Lacey: Lead Guitar and Backing Vocals.
Ian Tolan: Bass Guitar.
Derek Treacy: Lead Guitar

Paul Sillery

Paul Sillery lives in Wicklow Town and is 'mad for the music.' He mainly plays saxophone and guitar.  Currently studying music at DIT, he plays Baritone sax with DIT's Big Band. His love of jazz and Frank Sinatra is ledgend.

On the night, Paul will be joined by a few friends. Anything could happen!